Alan Abernethy
Alan Abernethy | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Connor | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 April 1957 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse | Liz née Forster |
| Alma mater | Grosvenor High School, Belfast; Queen's University Belfast; Trinity College, Dublin |
Alan Francis Abernethy [1] is the current Bishop of Connor.[2]
Born on 12 April 1957,[3] educated at Grosvenor High School, Belfast, Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained in 1981,[4] he began his career as Assistant Curate at St Elizabeth’s, Dundonald.[5] After a similar post at Lecale he was Officiating Chaplain at RAF Bishopscourt.[6] He was Rector at St John’s, Helen's Bay, from 1987 to 1990[7] and then at St Columbanus, Ballyholme,[8] until his elevation to the Episcopate in 2007. In 2010 he faced calls that he resign in connection with the controversy relating to the coming to an end of the composer Philip Stopford's tenure as Director of Music at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast.[9][10][11]
Notes
- ^ Diocesan web site Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Anglican Communion
- ^ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ^ Crockfords, (London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ^ Church web site
- ^ "Base history". Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
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- ^ Church history
- ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-11009270
- ^ https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/i-loved-being-at-the-westminster-abbey-of-northern-ireland-but-its-sad-the-way-my-time-there-ended-31512219.html
- ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12267525
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